Month: June 2016

Debt consolidation is combining several different types of unsecured debt – medical bills, credit cards, and other personal loans – and paying them off with one large loan. This leaves the borrower with one monthly payment at one interest rate. Usually, this new loan has a lower rate than the… Read more“Debt Consolidation Versus Debt Restructuring”

Long before we are old enough to carry credit cards ourselves, advertisers make sure we know about the power of plastic: “It’s everywhere you want to be.” “It pays to Discover.” “What’s in your wallet?” While using an ad campaign to choose a card is a terrible idea, the slogans… Read more“Shopping For A First Credit Card”

How do you start rebuilding credit? In prior articles, we have already discussed getting a copy of your credit report, reviewing it, disputing any items that are not yours and then start to make payment arrangements. Yes, paying off debt is an essential part of rebuilding credit. It may be… Read more“Steps to Rebuilding Your Credit”

Going forward, Mehra said on MA side focus will again be limited to domestic MA activities. The ongoing banking reforms around debt consolidation and restructuring will further boost the deal activity through availability of debt for organic growth. Thus, internal accruals would finance inorganic growth.

Q Hello Dermott, I have recently found out that the building society I have my mortgage with have been charging me a monthly premium for home insurance going back to 2006 as part of my mortgage repayments. I have always had home insurance from a separate source and it is… Read more“Know your rights: Dermott Jewell”

To create a sustainable property investment portfolio, you need consistent and reliable cash flow. It’s every investor’s bread and butter, giving you the means to leverage into real estate with other people’s money and manage all the ongoing costs, including monthly mortgage repayments, management fees and maintenance bills. With today’s… Read more“Eight strategies to increase your serviceability as a property investor”

Union secretary Tony Sheldon said the trucking industry was coming together to put pressure on retailers, manufactures, oil companies and banks to say enough is enough. Drivers are being pushed to speed, drive long hours, skip mandatory rest breaks and skip maintenance on their vehicles, Mr Sheldon said. This is… Read more“Truck drivers take to West Gate Bridge to protest pay”